-Vince Lombardi
2 days after the marathon..and i feel almost fully recovered..hehe i took 2 days off from work to get back to normal..y'all know i have bad knees..so right after we finished on sunday, the knees gave in and i couldn't even bend them..so i figure it's better to just rest and ice them and pile on the salonpas patches and whatdoyahknow..i'm feeling a lot better now..
soooooooo before i go on..woohoo to my marathon compadres: jovan, ricardo & cris..we freaking finished! i'm still in shock that we just ran that far, but for reals..crossing that finish line was such a great feeling..dude, i don't know how i finished..i mean..most of the run went a lot better than i expected. i know jovan recapped a lot of it..hehe, and yes we all have our own run to finish, and i'm glad we did=P
- mile 1..zigzagging past the thousands of people was pretty hilarious..it was like a madhouse man!
- mile 3, damnit, the nervousness went away but not my bladder..the lines for the nasty port-o-potties were forever long!
- mile 6, okay i swear this is the last time i need to use the bathroom..haha..oh yah and i saw some lady peeing behind a tree since the lines were so long..funny!
- mile 7-12..hearing all the encouragement from the l.a. crowd..seriously, it was really nice of all these people to come out and show support..y'know hearing the maracas, little kids yelling "oranges & lemons" "oranges & lemons!!", clanging pots & pans, the hoses being used to sprinkle us, ..ahahah, having my name butchered: "gooooo christinabelle!, gooooo christybella!, gooooo chrissy!, and then the settlement for "gooooo sky blue!! hehe since i was wearing a blue top. ah well..i know they meant well=)
- mile 13..i'm all excited that we're halfway through right? i'm feeling the crowd encouraging all us runners..the adrenaline's going..haha then i hear one of the water volunteers yell out, "...go runners, mile 13..you got a looooooooooooong way to go!" ha, why thank you for reminding us..just thought that was funny.
- mile 16, dang curson st and your uphill run! dude, i know this has no comparison to the hills ricardo was talking about for the s.f. marathon..but man, hills are hills, and they kicked my bootie=P...and of course..someone was booming the rocky instrumental from their house..yeeha!
- mile 19, hehe hearing these two ladies behind me start singing rocky's "eye of the tiger" to keep themselves motivated..good choice!
- mile 21, and hear is when my race became more mental than physical..i got a stomach cramp on my left side=(..we were doing so well following the pacing group..but alas, i had to fall behind..couldn't run with the cramp..so i had to start walking..maaaaaaaan..but i needed the rest..cuz i started coughing like crazy...so i stretched some..made sure to walk with good posture so that i wouldn't feel the cramp..some man walks with me and says "wow, for mile 21, you still walk with some composure"..hahah nah, i'm just trying to hide the pain i'm in=P
-miles 22-24..on & off with the running..i keep reminding myself that i want to finish in under 5hrs,30 mins..and then you hear all the cheers..you hear even firefighters and police officers cheering for you..and another dude runs w/ me and reminds me how the last 2 miles feel like the longest 2 you've ever ran..
- mile 25..only 1.2 miles to go..i see the library tower..i'm almost there..there's no way i'm walking this last mile..so off i go running..i keep repeating this one marathon billboard i saw..something about how runners will still swagger all the way to the finish line..haha that was the motivation..my cramp was killing my side..but there was no way i was going to walk..i saw the banner for mile 26..looked straight ahead...the yellow finish line was only 2 blocks away..i was crossing alone..hehe and what do i do, make sure i'm smiling for those cameras while i cross that line..muahahha..one of the best feelings ever!
..thanx to all for your encouragement..we'll do this again next year??=)
us & our times=P:ricardo (05:21:59), little calib being cute!, cris (03:50:19), me (05:29:11), jovan (04:55:23)
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